Category Archives: News
Quesnel reminds residents to be ready in case of wildfire
The City of Quesnel is sending out a reminder to residents that they need to be prepared in the event of a wildfire threatening the city. While there is no threat to the city at the moment, wildfires ...
Jul 16, 2021
BC partnering with Federal Government and Shell Canada to create clean energy centre
The province is partnering with the federal government and Shell Canada to create the B-C Centre for Clean Energy to brainstorm on climate change innovation. They'll each contribute 35 million dollars...
Jul 16, 2021
BC Wildfire Service watching highly visible blaze because of tricky terrain
The B-C Wildfire Service says one of the fires it is watching -- but not currently fighting -- is a highly visible blaze in southeastern B-C. A statement from the wildfire service says the Bill Nye Mo...
Jul 16, 2021
BC Premier confident in citizens safety if U-S border re-opens
Premier John Horgan says he's confident British Columbians will remain safe if Canada reopens the U-S border to non-essential travel next month. Horgan notes the province has a high rate of COVID-19 v...
Jul 16, 2021
Highway 97 re-opened but could potentially close again
Highway 97 has now been reopened but DriveBC is warning drivers of the problems with visibility because of smoke between Big Bar Rd and 94 Mile Frontage - five km south of 100 Mile House to 7 km north...
Jul 15, 2021
Evacuation alerts becoming regular occurrence in BC due to Wildfires
Danger from B-C wildfires has picked up, prompting several evacuation orders and alerts to go into effect yesterday and early this morning. More than 300 wildfires are currently burning in the provinc...
Jul 15, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
Expert says only fraction of area has been searched at Kamloops Residential School
One of the experts who used a specialized radar to search the grounds of a former Indigenous residential school for signs of human graves says only a fraction of the area has been checked. Sarah Beaul...
Jul 15, 2021
Interim Report inconclusive on what caused Lytton Fire
An interim report released today by the Transportation Safety Board had no conclusions on the cause of the wildfire that devastated the Village of Lytton last month. The T-S-B began investigating the ...
Jul 15, 2021
Highway 97 closed in both directions
Highway 97 has recently had both of it's directions close between Big Bar Lake Road and Montessa Drive due to the Flat Lake wildfire, which has now expanded to 2,000 hectares. According to DriveBC, fo...
Jul 14, 2021
Highway 20 Closed in both directions
Highway 20 has been closed in both directions because of a forest fire between the Rainbow Range Trailhead and Elsey Road for 32.6 km, and it's between 38 to six km west of Anahim Lake. DriveBC noted ...
Jul 14, 2021